STARNES v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INC.

No. 94-1958.

39 F.3d 1394 (1994)

William B. STARNES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL CITIES MEDIA, INCORPORATED, doing business as Belleville News-Democrat, Marilyn Vise, Greg Edwards, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Duree (argued), Robert L. Carter, Reinert, Duree & Crane, St. Louis, MO, for William B. Starnes.

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., Robert B. Hoemeke, Joseph E. Martineau (argued), Yvette M. Guerra, Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, St. Louis, MO, for Capital Cities Media, Inc., Marilyn Vise, Greg Edwards.

Amiel Cueto, Christopher Cueto, Cueto, Cueto & Cueto, Belleville, IL, for Amiel Cueto.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, BAUER, Circuit Judge, and WILL, District Judge.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

William Starnes filed this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendants, acting under color of state law, violated his constitutional right of privacy. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). Starnes appeals, and we affirm.

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